Feedin' The Machine Lyrics

My Dad said to me as I left school

You need a job to pay your way

'Cause things cost money and you're gonna need things

That's just the way things are today

So I left home and went to work at just sixteen

Started feedin' the machine

Me and my brother moved into a flat

I paid my share of bills and rent

I got paid on a so called 'Thursday' and by 'Sunday' night it was gone

That's how the 'weekends' are all spent

And when their calendar's got you slavin' for the 5 days in between

You're just feedin' their machine

Then I got married, we had a couple of kids

I love them dearly to this day

But to put food on our table and put clothes on their backs

I needed lots more pay

I got me a work promotion but the tax-man stripped me clean

'Cause I'm just feedin' his machine

To buy our own place I had to get a big loan

That's called a mortgage I hear you cry

And that means death pledge and that's because

It feels like you pay it 'till you fuckin' die

And most of it's interest and it goes to the 'bankster' team

They love us feedin' their machine

But I worked harder and I got me a raise

Yeah I kept aiming for the top

But as my pay went up so did my debts

And the interest never stops

I met me a 'bankster' he said son, you may be keen

But you're just feedin' my machine

Began to realise what was going on

And how those 'banksters' call the shots

They run the system, all based on debt

Lending 'money' they ain't got

So it don't matter if you work hard, if you're generous or mean

From what I've seen

You're still feedin' their machine

So I did me some learnin' about how it all works

And how they trick you right from birth

Your 'NAME' is 'money' to them while you're playin' the serf

But your sweat and your talent's what you're really worth

But while you're reapin' what you're sewing

At the ignorance latrine SHIT

You're just feedin' the machine

And if you don't know where you're goin'

And you're not sure where you've been

You're prob'ly feedin' the machine

But when your wisdom is 'a showin' you

What a fool you've been

You'll stop feedin' the machine

Yeah, you'll stop feedin' the machine

'Cause we're all feedin' the machine

So let's stop feedin' the machine